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LAX92LA100

1992-01-24 · CHANDLER, Arizona, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport P19

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT'S IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, MISJUDGING THE AIRPLANE'S ALTITUDE, FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT AND EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS AN UNDETERMINED LOSS OF POWER AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE.

Factual narrative

THE PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 17. SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ERRATICALLY; GAINING POWER THEN LOSING POWER. THE PILOT EXECUTED A 180 DEGREE TURN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 35. AFTER CLEARING THE POWER LINES THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN AT A HIGH SPEED SIMULTANEOUSLY STRIKING THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND THE PILOT PUSHED THE NOSE OVER AND TOUCHED DOWN AT MIDFIELD. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE RUNWAY AGAIN IN A RIGHT WING, NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE AIRPLANE ROTATED TO THE RIGHT AND DISINTEGRATED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1992_LAX92LA100.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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